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Dr. Dolittle

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Dr. Dolittle (1998)

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Reviews Counted:33

Fresh:14

Rotten:19

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A remake of the 1967 Richard Fleischer film of the same name, DR. DOLITTLE follows an animal doctor whose patients' barks, squeals, and meows turn into actual human voices, stirring up the... A remake of the 1967 Richard Fleischer film of the same name, DR. DOLITTLE follows an animal doctor whose patients' barks, squeals, and meows turn into actual human voices, stirring up the practice. Eddie Murphy updates the role as a San Francisco veternarian who as a boy was looked upon strangely by everyone when he claimed he could talk to animals. Now an adult, a near wreck stirs something in him and suddenly he can understand the animals again, whether he wants to or not. [More]

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Norm MacDonald

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Norm MacDonald, Chris Rock, Gilbert Gottfried

Director: Betty Thomas

Director: Betty Thomas
Screenwriter: Nat Mauldin, Larry Levinson
Producer: John Davis, Joseph M. Singer, David T. Friendly
Composer: Richard Gibbs

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Even star Eddie Murphy seems bored.

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Robert Denerstein
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Murphy does little more than react to stupid pet tricks.

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